boringperson12 wrote:Do professional rugby players have annual "brain scans"? Or would too many players be forced to retire?

A waste of time and money at the moment. Concussion does not show any signs on available scans. In addition, it is a temporary condition and the physical abnormalities in brain chemistry are back to normal within a fortnight.That's not to say that symptoms necessarily settle as quickly, although they do in around 90% of cases.What is important (and is done) is that players have a full neurological testing carried out in the preseason period and, if deemed necessary, at other times.

It didn't take too long for me to reconcile my republican heritage with the diverse political and religious backgrounds of my teammates. There was no border in the Irish dressing room.Moss Keane

Deraless wrote:He smacked his loaf on the ground but the medics are instructed to make it look like a neck injury! If Gilly played for Leinster his steaker/broken cheekbone would be listed as a tennis elbow.

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His head was hit twice in the one replay and Barnes claims he hurt his neck.